Nursing union calls on Government to ‘be honest’ about NHS staffing challenges
The health service in England has moved to its highest alert level, level four, to deal with Covid-19 cases.
The health service in England has moved to its highest alert level, level four, to deal with Covid-19 cases.
The Falcons held on to secure the away win.
THERE was a less-than-enthusiastic response to the appointment of a less-than-enthusiastic new president for Health & Social Care.
The travel firm has received 53,000 refund requests since March 1, totalling £203 million.
TWENTY successful election candidates signed a pledge to be ‘nursing champions’ and the Royal College of Nursing has vowed to hold them to their promise.
In a joint letter to the Home Secretary, health and care unions asked for the system to be extended as a ‘matter of urgency’.
A spike of Covid-19 cases is predicted to hit the UK, with concerns that seasonal pressures could make this worse.
The Public Accounts Committee highlighted large shortages of staff and low morale.
MORE than 30 of Guernsey’s election candidates have signed a pledge promising to be ‘nursing champions’ if elected and support the idea of pay equality, which would cost the States an extra £50m. per year.
A Unison survey has found 69% of people think NHS employees should be awarded a pay rise this year.
AN INEQUALITY pay gap of £50m. within the States’ workforce has come as no surprise to local nurses, who said that they have been undervalued for years and the massive amount underlined a government-sponsored injustice.
The couple from the Houli district of Taiwan began modelling clothes left behind in their laundrette.
One care provider group called the Government’s announcement a ‘kick in the teeth’.
More than one in three (36%) are thinking of leaving their job, up from 27% in a similar poll at the end of last year.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council warned that travel restrictions and the long-term impact of Covid-19 may impact recruitment.